John laing



@auch tats getraut @Hita JOHN LAING, OF HOBO'KENNEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEORGE NIMMO. i

Letters Patent' No. 65,238, (lated allay Q8, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT 1N rAUonrs.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN LAING, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Faucets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein-- Figure 1 is a vertical section of my said faucet.

Figure 2 is a rear view of the disk-valve; and

Figure 3 is an elevation of the coupling and stock for the faucet.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Faucets have heretofore been made with a disk having a.' hole for the liquid to pass through when said disk is turned so that said hole coincides with a hole in its seat. i

The nature of my said invention consists in a faucet formed with a pipe extending from tlie seat of the disk-valve across the water-way, and receiving the spindle of the valve so that the valve itselfI prevents leakage at the spindle, and thereby the packing heretofore employed around the spindle is dispensed with. I also connect the soft metal pipe with the cock by clamping it between a tapering plug passing into the pipe and a tapering coupling screwing upon the vhase of the plug and clamping the pipe between two smooth or nearly smooth surfaces. By this construction the cock can be removed from its stock to give access to the valve, and the soldering of the lead pipe to the cock is dispensedwith, thus insuring a much handsomei` union of the soft metal pipe with the faucet, and allowing for the easy disconnection of the same when required.

In the drawing, a is the metal stock uniting the faucet and the soft metal pipe. This stock may be made single or asa T, in the manner shown, so that the faucet projects from the side of the pipe. This stock is to beheld firmly in place by suitable means. I prefer to have ilanges projecting from the sides thereof to receive screws, as shown at l5, g. .3. The waterpipe d is swelled slightly to set over the tapering plug c of the stock a, and e isa coupling fitting the outside of the soft metal' pipe d, and, screwing upon the 4base of the plug c, compresses rmly the tapering portion of said pipe i upon the taper plug c, insuring a tight connection, and the end of the pipe d may be ilaring to set upon the conical ring z' to insure greater firmness in the connection' ofthe pipe d and plug c. Upon the stock a the chamberf of the faucet is. screwed, and to that is screwed the valve-seat z", from which extends the water-way or chamber g with its hib or delivery-pipe h. Z is'the spindle of the diskvalve n, said spindle passing through a pipe that is formed` across the water-way g from the centre of the seat z', and the disk-valve sets upon the seat z", and is kept thereto by the pressure of the liquid, and has two or more holes `correspondingV with holes in the seats to allow the passage of the liquid when the disk n is turned for said holes towcoincide, 01' to shut olf the dow of liquid when said holes do vnot coincide. The spindle Z is packed at 2 with an elastic washer that keeps the valveto its seat, and the handle m is used to turn said valve. When this faucet is placed so that the valve-spindle Z stands vertically, it may be employed in a hydrant, the pipe h being led oli' vertically. In this case an opening is required for allowing the water to subside in the delivery pipe, to eicct which the spindle Z may be formed like the plug of a cock, asat 3, to open through a. hole in the seat, (see dotted lines, iig. 2,) when the valve n is closed, and allow the water in g and h to run away, and the turning of this spindle Z to open the valve n closes this waste-hole.

This faucet may be employed Awith steam, water, or anyiluid or liquid, and if the handle mis extended and provided with a float, it may be used as a ball-cock.

What I claim,y and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A faucet formed with a pipe extending from the seat z" of the disk-valve n, across the water-way g, and receiving the spindle z' of said valve, as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this sixth day of February, A. D. 1867.

JOI-IN LAING.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, Gnus.v H. SMITH.

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